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‘Repeated orders passed by the court, like a broken record, went unheeded’ The Madras High Court on Monday expressed its displeasure with the Election Commission of India (ECI) for having failed to ensure that political parties adhered to the COVID-19 protocol during the recent Assembly election campaign in Tamil Nadu. It warned the Commission that the counting of votes, scheduled for May 2, would be postponed if appropriate safety measures are not put in place and the court informed of the...

Madras High Court warns Tangedco over coal import tender Updated: Updated: Court says it won’t hesitate to quash it if there is evidence of foul-play Share Article Court says it won’t hesitate to quash it if there is evidence of foul-play The Madras High Court on Thursday warned the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) that it would not hesitate to quash a ₹1,330 crore worth tender notification issued by it on February 8 for supply of 20 lakh tonnes of imported...

Petition filed by animal rights activist Gouhar Azeez and Goseva Sangh The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file its counter affidavit to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which had sought a prohibition on slaughtering cows, calves, milch and draught cattle. The court granted six weeks’ time for the filing of counter affidavit by the Animal Husbandry Department and two more weeks for the petitioners to file a rejoinder, if they prefer. First Division Ben...

Court says they will serve as reference in future complaints regarding encroachment The Madras High Court on Tuesday expressed concern over numerous complaints of waterbodies disappearing every now and then due to encroachments. It directed the Collectors of all districts to collect satellite images of every taluk under their jurisdiction as on March 15 so that those images can serve as a reference point whenever any complaint of encroachment is raised in the future. First Division Bench of ...

HC notice on DMK’s contempt plea over OBC quota panel Updated: Updated: Petitioner alleges irregularities in constitution of committee on reservation Share Article Petitioner alleges irregularities in constitution of committee on reservation The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notices to a host of Central and State government officials on a contempt of court petition filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for alleged irregularities in the constitution of a committee to decide the q...

No applications were called for the post, says petitioner The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to respond to a public interest litigation petition, which challenged the appointment of former judge S. Baskaran as the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on the ground that it lacked transparency. The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed State Government Pleader V. Jayaprakash Naraya...

Updated: Share Article AAA The Madras High Court was on Friday informed that the State government would take an appropriate decision on the conduct of gram sabha meetings across the State on January 26 in accordance with the Tamil Nadu Grama Sabha (Quorum and Procedure for Convening and Conducting of Meetings) Rules of 1998. The First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy took note of the submission made by Additional Advocate General (AAG) S.R. R...